Showing posts with label found family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label found family. Show all posts

Monday, September 7, 2026

Blog Tour: Savage Truce by Michelle Heard

SAVAGE TRUCE BY MICHELLE HEARD
Release Date: September 7th
Genre/Tropes: Forced/Arranged Marriage / Power Imbalance / Forced Proximity / Touch her and die / He falls hard / Years of pining / Age Gap / Plus-size Heroine OTT Possessive/Protective /Obsessed Hero / Who Did This to You? / Hidden Identity / MMC takes revenge for her! / Caretaking/Hurt-comfort / Found Family / Virgin MFC / Second Chance at First Love
SERIES: Heart of Crime Series, Book 1
 A complete standalone BRATVA Romance
SAVAGE TRUCE by Michelle Heard is NOW LIVE!
Make sure to grab this all-new mafia romance TODAY!
AVAILABLE NOW!!
 
 I was born into Bratva royalty, but that never made me a princess. My entire life I’ve been mocked and ignored, and the only place I’ve ever felt like myself was at the theater, with a needle in my hand and beautiful fabrics around me. 

That’s where I met him. 

A stranger with a missing button, clear blue eyes, and a voice that made the world feel less cruel for one stolen night. 

We only exchanged our first names and talked the night away over warm coffees and pastries before my life came crashing down around me. 

Years later, my grandfather is dead, the Bratva is at war, and I’m imprisoned because of my family. I’m broken, bruised, and forgotten until the new pakhan comes to inspect his prisoners. 

Rodian Volkov. 

The man I never forgot. Only now, he isn’t a stranger with gentle hands and friendly eyes. 

He’s become savage just like the rest of the men who bend the knee to him. He’s now the monster I fear. 

When he tells the Bratva he’s marrying me to bring peace, I’m too terrified to argue. 

Because saying no to the pakhan is never an option.  
 About Michelle Heard: Michelle Heard is a Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling Author who loves creating stories her readers can get lost in. She resides in South Africa with her son where she's always planning her next book to write, and trip to take. 

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Thursday, August 27, 2026

Release Blitz: Reign of Silver & Stardust by Diana A. Hicks

Reign of Silver & Stardust by Diana A. Hicks is now live!
CATALINA
I was never supposed to exist.
As the mortal spare to an immortal sister, I lived in the shadows until Ry was murdered by a weapon that shouldn't exist.
Now, justice is all I want.
To find her killer, I must take her place in the Queen’s Elite Cadre and become the very monster everyone fears.
But becoming a weapon means losing my humanity…
and losing the one man I can't resist.

VALOREK
The immortals bleed my world dry while my sister rots from the inside out.
I swore to burn their reign to the ground, until I met her.
Sterling is the enemy, a silver-blooded soldier of the regime that destroyed my family.
But the electricity between us is undeniable.
We are on opposite sides of a brewing war, and falling for the enemy is a dangerous mistake neither of us can afford.
 
Diana A. Hicks is an award-winning author of dark billionaire romance.

When Diana is not writing, she enjoys hot yoga, kickboxing, traveling, and indulging in the simple joys of life like wine and chocolate. She lives in Atlanta and loves spending time with her two children and husband. Connect with Diana on social media to stay up to date on her latest releases.

Praise for Diana A. Hicks:

"Hicks' first installment of her Desert Monsoon series is confident and assured with strong storytelling, nuanced characters, and a dynamic blend of romance and suspense...A sexy and irresistible tale for fans of contemporary romance." - Kirkus Reviews
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Release Blitz: Tailored For You by B.A. Chayut

Title: Tailored for You
Series: Made Men #1
Author: B.A. Chayut
Genres: Romantic Suspense/Mafia Romance
Tropes: Protective Hero, Single Mom, Forced
Proximity, Touch Her and Die, Found Family
Release Date: August 19, 2026
Surviving was easy. Trusting the man who's been watching over her all along — that's the hard part.

Serena has survived worse than bad men and broken promises. When danger comes for her and her daughter, survival is no longer something she can manage on her own.

Enzo Lombardi is a made man. Power, loyalty, and violence built his world, and once he decides Serena is worth protecting, there is no walking away. What begins as safety quickly turns into temptation neither of them can ignore, along with a connection Enzo has been quietly cultivating for far longer than she realizes.

In Enzo’s world, threats are answered with blood and loyalty is absolute. Loving him means stepping into the shadows and trusting that he will do whatever it takes to keep her safe.

Tailored for You is a romantic suspense, mafia romance, with an HEA.
AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU
Free in Kindle Unlimited
Hi! I'm Brittany and I love to write heart-pounding suspense with strong FMCs and swoony, possessive MMCs.

I started writing during Covid- when I had ideas and stories to tell and finally had the time to write them down.
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Friday, June 19, 2026

Cover Reveal: The Fall Affair by Vi Keeland

Title: The Fall Affair
Author: Vi Keeland
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Opposites Attract/Found Family
Cover Design: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative
Photographer: Mark Mendez
Release Date: August 18, 2026
BLURB
She’s counting down the days until she leaves Tuscany. He’s counting on making her stay.

Some people go to Tuscany to find themselves.
I went to escape—New York, my ex’s new relationship, and a career that derailed the moment I was passed over for partner.
My plan was simple: settle my eccentric Italian grandmother’s estate, sell whatever wasn’t nailed down, and return to the life I’d worked too hard to lose.
Instead, I walked into a mess—a crumbling antique shop, two hundred acres of leased vineyard land, and one infuriating clause in the will: Live and work in the shop for three months, or inherit nothing.
Then there’s the neighbor I clash with instantly. Matteo Lucchese is the infuriatingly handsome winemaker who leases my family’s land and refuses to be impressed by my credentials—or my attitude. He’s rugged and stubborn, stuck living in a time that has long passed us by, and the word rush isn’t part of his vocabulary. Basically, we’re exact opposites.
But as the days stretch into weeks, Tuscany chips away at the armor I didn’t realize I was wearing, and Matteo shows me the appeal of slowing down, of staying rooted, of wanting something other than climbing the corporate ladder.
I came to Tuscany to escape.
But now that the countdown to going home was on, I wasn’t sure if I was ready to leave. And the life I was falling for came with a looming expiration date.

WHAT TO EXPECT
Opposites Attract
Under the Tuscan Sun Vibes
Found Family
NYC Heroine x Italian Hero
Late-summer Magic
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AUTHOR BIO
Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty-seven languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, Israel, and Hungary. Three of her short stories have been turned into films, and two of her books are currently optioned for movies. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.

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Friday, June 5, 2026

Release Blitz: Be With Me by J.H. Croix


BE WITH ME
J.H. Croix
Release Date: June 5
AVAILABLE IN KINDLE UNLIMITED
He hides his grief behind charm and easy smiles. She’s spent her whole life surviving on her own. Falling in love is out of the question.
The first time I laid eyes on Adele Jacks, she was staring down a wild animal, bold and unforgettable. She stole my breath before I even knew her name. And I'm the guy who doesn't lose his breath over anyone.

I never planned to fall in love. Not ever. I’m the guy who laughs everything off, the charming cynic who hides his scars behind jokes. But Adele? She’s a force of nature who upends my life.

She's tough, she's smart, and she's hiding something. She's the kind of wilderness guide who can out-hike me any day and stare down a grizzly without blinking. Before I know it, she’s working at my family’s wilderness resort—walls up, defenses sky-high. She’s slipping through the cracks in my heart every time I catch the vulnerability she tries to hide.

The longer I know her, the harder it becomes to keep things light and uncomplicated the way I always have. Because underneath the flirting and easy smiles, I’ve spent years avoiding anything that feels too real.

But with Adele, I want to protect her, claim her, and make the world safe for her.

When a ghost from her past crosses our path, and I see the flash of something she thought she'd buried — I realize there's nothing I won't do to take care of her. Because somewhere between the slow burn, the reluctant sparks, and the small-town chaos, Adele became my forever. Scars and all.

Even if falling for her means finally risking my own heart, too.

A steamy, emotional small-town firefighter romance featuring a flirty wounded hero with hidden scars, a fierce heroine, forced proximity, slow-burn chemistry, found family, and a protective hero who falls hard and fights harder.
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USA Today Bestselling Author J. H. Croix lives in a small town in Maine with her husband and two spoiled dogs. She writes swoony contemporary romance with sassy women and alpha men who aren't afraid to show some emotion. Her love for quirky small-towns and the characters that inhabit them shines through in her writing. When she’s not writing, you can find her cooking, counting the turtles in her backyard pond, and running with her dogs, which is when her best plotting happens.

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Monday, May 4, 2026

Release Boost: Crown of Storms and Starlight by Susan Person

Crown of Storms and Starlight by Susan Person is live!
Some destinies end in ashes. Others are reborn in starlight.

Fated mates blessed by the magic of a goddess, Ari and Rain face their darkest hour. Her father, Albert, has become something beyond fae or vampire, a false king determined to devour the magic of all fae-kind and forge a new world in his image.

Ari must lead her allies, her friends, into the darkness one last time. But Albert knows his daughter's greatest weakness. She would burn the world to save those she loves.

Victory demands more than magic. It requires the absolute surrender of two souls who were always meant to burn together.

The fate of not only fae-kind but the entire realm rests on the edge of a dagger and the strength of a bond forged in storms and starlight.

The storm has come to claim its queen. The reckoning has come for them all.

Crown of Storms and Starlight is the shattering finale to The Night and Rain romantasy series.

 
Susan Person is a multi-contest finalist in the paranormal and dark paranormal romance categories. A former member of Romance Writers of America since 2013, she served on the PRO Steering Committee for several years. Recently, she returned to college to pursue a degree in anthropology and graduated in May of 2021. Susan enjoys meeting writers and readers alike at conferences. Her grandmother's love of Harlequin novels was passed on to her, and she was fascinated by paranormal worlds and mythology. The combination of the two led her to the paranormal romance genre. She knew at an early age she wanted to write powerful heroines and fulfills that dream today by writing empowered heroines who take charge in their paranormal worlds.

Susan grew up on a thoroughbred horse farm before moving to the big city of Dallas. She considers herself a Texan but is loyal to her home state of Arkansas. A lover of travel, she has visited several countries with many more to go on her list. She particularly loved dowsing at Stonehenge and seeing the Eiffel Tower light up at night. The outdoors are a place Susan finds inspiration and can often be found in a park, at the lake, or on a road trip. She especially loves the mountains. Furry animals hold a special place in her heart. Dogs tend to seek her out as a friend, and she gladly returns their friendship.
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Thursday, April 9, 2026

Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Stealing Forever by Lizzie C Koz

STEALING FOREVER
by Lizzie C Koz
Series: Bridgeport Jetties: The Call-Up Years - Book 1
Release Date: May 7, 2026
Genre: M/M Baseball Romance
Tropes: Rival teammates to lovers, bi awakening, grumpy/sunshine, golden retriever x german shepherd, one bed, soft dom/brat energy, first times, praise kink, forced proximity, found family, emotional hurt/comfort
Cover Design: Lizzie C Koz
“I can’t afford to lose to Shane Michaels. When it comes to baseball or restraint.”

SHANE
This bro got invited to play with the big boys for Spring Training. Hell to the yes! I am so going to show the Jetties they need me on their Triple-A roster this year. Manifest.
Except for one little six-foot-four problem.
Jed Stone Jr. is back. Legend’s son. Permanent scowl. Stands in my way like a wall I’m supposed to climb.
One I really, really want to climb.
He’s hated me from the start and now it’s bleeding into our game. If we don’t fix this, we both lose and I refuse to be left behind.
Not again.
Call me crazy…but I have a plan I know I shouldn’t.
Time to climb some walls.

JED
I was moments from The Show when my arm blew out.
But I’m back. This is my year. Quick stint in Triple-A, then I’m getting the call-up. Simple. Controlled. Focused.
Baseball is all I have left, and nothing is stopping me. Especially not perpetually smiling, cocky golden boys who think life is a walk in the park.
Shane Michaels is talented. The bane of my existence. And god-damned beautiful.
I shouldn’t want him. I definitely shouldn’t touch him. Considering he’s straight, that shouldn’t be difficult—until I find out he isn’t.
I’m losing my control, and with it my scowl. After seven years of darkness, Shane feels like light breaking in.
But I learned long ago I’m not allowed to keep the people I love.

*** Please note the following CW: Homophobic language, homophobic violence - physical assault (off page), loss of parent (prior to story), ongoing grief which is central to a main character’s experience, severe emotional distress with self-destructive coping behaviors (binge drinking, isolation) and anxiety attacks, parental abandonment (prior to story) and rejection (on page), and explicit sex scenes between consenting adults.

I call the right pocket for the eight ball. I bend low over the table and line up my shot. I glance at Michaels, a chirp on the tip of my tongue, but I completely forget what it was. Because his attention is locked on my ass, and his shiny white teeth are digging into his pink bottom lip.

I quickly turn back to the table and take my shot. But confusion makes my movements sluggish and uncoordinated. I hit the completely wrong side of the ball and send it into the left pocket.

“Wrong hole,” I say gruffly.

Michaels sidles up to me, his arm brushing against mine and his citrus scent washing over me in a wave. His dark blue gaze locks on mine. “Looks like the right hole to me.” His voice is lower than normal, thicker, his words heavy with a meaning I doubt he intended.

“You win,” I murmur.

“Time for me to claim my prize.”

Those words skate over me, and I shiver. Because Michaels looking at me like that? Makes it feel like he’s talking about me.

“We never did name the stakes.” My words are nothing more than a hushed whisper, just as confused, just as thrown off balance as the rest of me.

Those blue eyes meet mine again. Flick down to my mouth. Back up. His throat bobs in a swallow, and then a shaky exhale dances over my lips.

Why can I feel that breath?

But before I have a chance to think further on that, a pair of lips land on mine. My eyes stretch wide. Surfer Boy is kissing me. Shane Michaels is kissing me. Holy fucking shit.

His hand wraps around my neck, slowly, tentatively, and he presses into me, slides his tongue over the seam of my lips. He’s like… really kissing me. Asking for an invitation for more. My pulse is going so fast at this point it’s no longer a beat, just a continuous roar. I’m a cacophony of confusion. What’s his end goal here? I don’t see what he has to gain from this. The only thing I can take this to mean is…

He’s not as straight as I assumed he was.
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Lizzie C Koz is a writer of fast-paced stories full of heat that will have you fanning yourself, and humor that will have you spitting out your wine. She lives in New England in a fixer-upper with her husband, toddler, and Golden Retriever.

When she’s not writing, she’s likely trying to convince her husband to tackle yet another DIY project around the house.

Lizzie loves nothing more than falling into a romance book as an outlet, especially when she was struggling through postpartum with her son. Now, she hopes to provide that same escape and small slice of joy to others.
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